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Cuban children waiting in line to emigrate. Operation Peter Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a clandestine exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States over a two-year span from 1960 to 1962. They were sent by parents who feared, on the basis of unsubstantiated rumors, [1] that Fidel Castro and the ...
Operación Pedro Pan. Polita Grau (born Maria Leopoldina Grau-Alsina 19 November 1915–22 March 2000) was the First Lady of Cuba, a Cuban political prisoner, and the "godmother" of Operation Peter Pan, also known as Operación Pedro Pan, a program to help children leave Cuba. Operation Peter Pan involved the Roman Catholic Church and Monsignor ...
It also houses temporary exhibitions. Its 2021 exhibit, Operation Pedro Pan: The Cuban Children's Exodus, recounted the story of more than 14,000 children who escaped Cuba without their parents between the years 1960 and 1962. [2] The museum is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
A group of Democrats, former Pedro Pan kids and immigration advocates slammed Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez on Wednesday morning over comments she made last month over recently arrived Cuban migrants ...
Businesswoman, publicist, and promoter of the arts Aida Levitan, who came to the United States as part of Operation Pedro Pan, worked serving lunch in the school cafeteria while in high school in ...
Victor Andres Triay. Victor Andres Triay (born August 2, 1966) is a Cuban American historian and writer, known for the books Fleeing Castro: Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children’s Program, Bay of Pigs: An Oral History of Brigade 2506, The Unbroken Circle (historical fiction trilogy), and The Mariel Boatlift: A Cuban American Journey .
The airline played a key role in Operation Pedro Pan, which brought young Cubans to Miami . The plane also used to deliver the Miami Herald’s Latin America edition to the region. Both were ...
The brigade only accepted members who had left Cuba in their youth through parental decision and did not participate in anti-Castro activities while in the United States. Many of the members were children of Operation Pedro Pan and had been active in social movements in the United States as well as having garnered sympathies for the Cuban ...